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MILTON v DULLA .AND J. BENJAMIN BIRDSELL, or soUT-II `BEND,

w INDIANA.

Leners Patent No. 98,845, dated January 18,1870.

IMPRVED WASHING-MACHINE.

Tlxe Schedule referred to in these Letters Patentarld making part of the same To 'whom it may eolicerm' i Be it kliowli that we, MILTQN V. BULLA and J. BENJAMIN BIiiDsELL, both of the city ot' South Bend, ill the county ol' St. Joseph, -andState of I ndiana, have jointly invented anew and useful combination of arrangements forNVa'shing or Cleansing Clothes; and we do hereby declare that vthe following is a t'ull and clear description ofthe said invention,v reference being `had to the diawings annexed, as part of tllis specification.

The Anature of our invention consists in the applca tion of a perforated tilting-board, resting, at -ts centre, on a. division-board, together with other appurtenances, to be placed within any common wash-boiler, for the purpose heretoforedescribed; and

lo enable others to liiake and use 'our invention, we will proceed to describe its construction and operation. f

-A represents a common wash-boiler, with three (3) sides and bottom shown.

B represents a perforated tiltingfboard, of such dimensions as to be admitted (horizontally) within the foul' (4) sides of boilel-A.

C represents a board,used for the purpose of dividing thewater below the tilting-board B; also, as fulcruin for middle or centre of tiltilig-board B.

'llie board G stands npedgewise, resting on bottom, and reaching from side lo side across rentre of boiler A, and. is from .thi-'ee '(3) to four (4) inches illV width,l

folated till, extending around. the ext-renie edges of tilting-board B, of such dimensions as not to interfere 'with sides or cover ot' boiler A.

H- rrpresents a handle or lever, standing perpendic-r nlar to tilting-board B, fastened in socket E, extending upward-through slotted hole in boiler-cover.

-1represeutsa'handle or lever, which may be fastened horizontally to the end of handle or lever H, to enable a person, when working the aforesaid arrangements, to be at a reasonable distance from the tire'.

ithin the cage G are placed tlle article-s to be cleansed or washed, and, by n'leansfof .lever I, inconnect-ioli with lever H, 'socket E, and' tilting-board B, resting ou centre-board G, the tilting-board B and its appurtenances are iliade to oseillate inside of boiler A, thereby jetting or forcing the hot sudsA and steam, als fast. asgenerated, through perforations or holes intilting-board B, and among the articles to be cleansed, the suction ot' tiltingboard B in raising each end alternately, being relieved by valves llv F, in tubes D D.

The foregoing specilicatioii being had, v Vhat we claim as our invention', and wish to secure by LetterslPatent-, is

1. The division-board C, in combination with the v tilting-board B. i

-2. lli coliibination with the above, the screen or cage G, tubes D D,\vith their valves, socket E, levers H alid I, as show'n, for the purpose described.

MILTON V.V BULLA. J. BENJ. BIRDSELL. Witnesses: Y Y V..O. BIRDSELL,

A. B. MERInTT, C-HAs. MCNEAL,

WALEY. 

